4 Contents The Economist January 15th 2022
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http://www.pefc.orgVolume 442 Number 9279Europe
41 The Russianato
summit
42 The French left’s woes
43 Ukraine’s dilemma
43 The Dutch turn proeu
44 CharlemagneEnergy
nightmaresBritain
45 Boris Johnson’s
lockdown parties
46 The energyprice crunch
48 Bagehot The mendacious
Mr JohnsonInternational
49 The microeconomics
of tippingBusiness
51 Consumer health care
54 The Mittelstand
54 Big oil bounces back
56 BartlebyRemote work and
writing
57 SchumpeterTikTok
v big techFinance&economics
59 Asian foreign investment
60 Uranium prices
61 Life after stimulus
62 German pension reform
63 ButtonwoodA broker
looks back
64 Insurance in China
66 Free exchangeWill
remote work stick?Science&technology
67 Predicting earthquakes
68 Arctic climate change
69 Pig hearts in people
69 The biggest fish hatchery
70 Omicron and immunityBooks&arts
71 Reimagining art in Japan
72 Sidney Poitier
73 Germany after the second
world war
73 A novel of parenting
74 JohnsonImperial
languages Economic&financialindicators
76 Statistics on 42 economiesGraphicdetail
77 North Dakota may offer more opportunities than New YorkObituary
78 Richard Leakey, a hunter for humanity’s deep history